RICHES, Phase 3: Risky Business Curriculum

Improve awareness among women entrepreneurs and their families supported by WEE Actors to the recognize signs of harmful work for children (child labor) and adults within their businesses and other income-generating activities and to devise solutions to mitigate harm.

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Part 1. Risky Business Training of Trainers' Guide

Primary Audience: Experienced trainers and frontline-level staff of Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Actors. WEE Actors are entities or individuals that support the development or expansion of women’s businesses, provide livelihood or financial services, and/or support women (globally) in efforts to increase their access to economic opportunities, especially those living in developing economies. Experienced trainers may be management-level staff that lead strategy and program development for WEE Actors, or independent actors or partners who will conduct the training of trainers (TOT). Frontline-level staff include those working directly with women to help achieve WEE objectives, including staff who facilitate education and group-based learning.

Goal: Equip WEE Actor trainers to effectively prepare WEE Actor frontline-level staff and/or community-based facilitators to deliver the Risky Business Curriculum to WEE Actor participants.

Objectives: Through the use of this guide, a WEE Actor trainer will have:

• Implemented a training plan.
• Conducted a Training of Trainers of the Risky Business Curriculum with WEE Actor frontline-level staff and/or community-based facilitators.
• Evaluated the content of the RICHES training to improve the training experience of future facilitators.

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Part 2. Risky Business Facilitators' Guide

Primary Audience: Frontline-level staff and/or participants of Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Actors. WEE Actors are entities or individuals that support the development or expansion of women’s businesses, provide livelihood or financial services, and/or support women (globally) in efforts to increase their access to economic opportunities, especially those living in developing economies. Frontline-level staff include those working directly with women to help achieve WEE objectives, including staff who facilitate education and group-based learning. Participants refer to women receiving services provided by WEE Actors.

Goal: Improve awareness among women entrepreneurs and their families supported by WEE Actors to (1) recognize signs of harmful work for children (child labor) and adults within their businesses and other income-generating activities and (2) to devise solutions to mitigate harm.

Objectives: Through the use of this guide, participants supported by WEE Actors will be engaged independently or through the support of WEE Actor frontline-level staff to:

• Participate in six group-based technical learning conversations to learn about risks of harmful work for children and adults, and mitigation strategies.
• Access digital micro-learning sessions.
• Complete a pre-and post-test to assess knowledge change, if applicable.

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Part 3. Risky Business Picture Packet

Primary Audience: Frontline-level staff and/or participants of Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Actors. WEE Actors are entities or individuals that support the development or expansion of women’s businesses, provide livelihood or financial services, and/or support women (globally) in efforts to increase their access to economic opportunities, especially those living in developing economies. Frontline-level staff include those working directly with women to help achieve WEE objectives. Participants refer to women receiving services provided by WEE Actors.

Goal: Improve awareness among women entrepreneurs and their families, supported by WEE Actors to the recognize signs of harmful work for children (child labor) and adults within their businesses and other income-generating activities and to devise solutions to mitigate harm.

Objectives: Through the use of this packet, participants supported by WEE Actor frontline-level staff will view and visualize a series of pictures to help foster understanding and discussion among training participants during facilitation of the Risky Business Technical Learning Conversations (TLCs).

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